Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-30
MINES ABOUT BUTTE.

Six Hundred Ounce Ore in the Daniel
Quilp-A Butte Mans Improvement
IN Milling-An Encourage g Outlook
ALI Around.
On the Narrow Gauge, close to the Daniel
Quilp, Messrs. Brant, Irwin & Co.. have
their new shaft down eighty feet, and are
drifting east md vest on the south ledge.
It shows up rs fine abody OF ore as that in
the old workings. Cross-cutting continues
to the north ledge, which may b. encount.
cred any day. The company are now using
IA patent whim, but will erect o small hoist
before December l.
William Forbis 4 Co. N the Daniel
Quilp, have their main shaft down 2
feet, The east drift has been driven SO
ieet on q two foot body OF GOO ounce ore.
Drifting has been discontinued and STOPPING
commenced. The ore, which is OF Il hard
character. is being reduced at the Butte
Sampling Works. Only a few miners are
engaged at present. but arrangements are
being perfected TO put on q larger force in
the next few days.
The Silver Bow mill, that has been run
ming continuously for the l-st ten years
without any hue and cry, or o~stentatinn.
has recently added twenty new stamps to
The thirty alrea6y in use. making it one OF
tic mos. complete mills in Montana. A
novelty in the ~ay ni screens has been
added to the batteries. TF,ey we're il
vented by Ed. Stoushton. They are eon-
tinualIy in motion, and many who have
witnessed them in operation claim that
more ore can be put through with then
than with the old pattern. Mr.. Stuughton
g a Butte man. ard the invention is there
lore a Butte improvement in milling.
McNulty & Co.'s rich lind in the Gold
smith turned out to be only % bunch. il
/ was too rich to last.
1t ia rumored around Burlington that
las. Murray intends to open up the Litts
| Darling. and will at once to sinl
= new shaft.
The engine at present on the Original o.
Butte will be removed and placed on tn
Nettie. the one at the latter being %e;itirei
TOO small to do the required work.
The Burlington Champion. at Burlington
g prod ucing its regular output OF ore.
The Fredonia is being again opened up
and the old drift is being cleaned out pr,
psratory to active operations.
The masons are laying the foundations
for the new engine at tie Mountain View
Thomas Ledwise & Co. are meeting witt
| 1reaC SUCCESS III Lne Ola racine at CtnErt
| vile, OF which they took q lease some tin,
,go. It seeing that the chute Of ore wa:
| either covered up Or overlooked, and ba
turned out to be a veritab'e hoEanza
Their small hoist is kept working to it's fu
ca pacitv ON ore only. Tommy is an oil
Grass Valley miner, and all his associate:
| glory in his good luck.
o. Saturday morning the Alice mill con
'nenced dropping stamps on the Blue Win.
and Rising Star ores. The Blue Wing j.
right in the center Of Walkervil!e.
Dave Young IL Co. are meeting with mncl
encouragement on the Evelinr. They hav,
eight miners underground, and are TAXI.
out ON very fire ore.
Ihos. Lloyd il having a considarahl
amount Of ore worked at the Moul:ou
His mine is just cart OF Young & Co.'S.
The grading for the foundation OF the new
High Ore ehsi'e is about completed. aud il
about a month all will be ready to CON,
rnence operations.
One OF the greatest mining camn7 l.
California that is 1T present lying idle jo.
want OF capital is Diamond Creei, il,
Washington t~ownship, in the Eastern part
OF Nevada County.